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ArticleOncoimmunology2026

Pleiotropic effects of BET inhibition broadly boost tumor immunogenicity to CD8

Jeroen Melief, Lucas Baldran-Groves, Marc-Antoine Gerault, Ying Yu Liang, Sylvya Pasca, Mireia Cruz de Los Santos, Stina Wickström, Tanja Lövgren, Anderson Daniel Ramos, Lars-Gunnar Larsson and 3 more

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Article in Oncoimmunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Jeroen MeliefDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lucas Baldran-GrovesDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0006-5555-378X
Marc-Antoine GeraultDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ying Yu LiangDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sylvya PascaDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mireia Cruz de Los SantosDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Stina WickströmDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0349-4918
Tanja LövgrenDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-2170-0682
Anderson Daniel RamosDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lars-Gunnar LarssonDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6914-3147
Pär NordlundDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Barbara SeligerInstitute of Translational Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brandenburg Medical School, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5544-4958
Rolf KiesslingDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0663-5763

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BET inhibitors (BETi) have shown potential to augment tumor immunogenicity in melanoma. However, conflicting evidence exists regarding their precise mechanism of action, and their overall impact on melanoma immunogenicity and antitumoral T cell responses remains unclear. To address this, human melanoma cell lines treated with JQ1 and/or IFNγ were investigated for gene and protein expression changes in key pathways governing immunogenicity and cocultured with autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) with known antigen-specificity. JQ1-induced proteome-wide alterations were examined using mass spectrometry-based cellular thermal shift assay (MS-CETSA), which revealed that JQ1 broadly impacts melanoma immunogenicity by regulating IFN signaling, antigen processing and presentation, and innate immune signaling pathways. More specifically, JQ1 enhanced JAK1/STAT1 signaling and upregulated components of the HLA class I (HLA-I) antigen processing and presentation machinery (APM), increased MART-1 expression while concomitantly dampening tumoral expression of PD-L1, IDO1, and HLA class II (HLA-II). Functionally, JQ1 markedly improved tumor recognition by autologous MART-1- and neoantigen-specific CD8

Indexed as

AzepinesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesMelanomaTriazolesAnimalsAntigen PresentationBromodomain Containing ProteinsCell Line, TumorHumansInterferon-gammaLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingProteinsSignal TransductionAzepinesbromodomain and extra-terminal domain protein, humanBromodomain Containing ProteinsInterferon-gamma(+)-JQ1 compoundProteinsTriazolesbromodomain and extra-terminal inhibitorsCancer immunotherapyimmune escapetumor immunogenicitytumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

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PMID42057381
PMCPMC13134409

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